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The wind flowing through your hair (yours, not mine) as you descend Mt. LemmonÂ eitherÂ on a bike or in a nifty convertible or the roar of the rapids as you maneuverÂ the canoe throughÂ the white water. Pretty cool feelingsÂ if youâve ever done either. Is that the same feeling you get when describing your new business sales process?Â Yeah, thatâs what I thought. While it may not be a fair comparison, humor me.Â When you …
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If you are presently outsourcing a reasonable amount of business that is not a core market for you, you might want to partner with a company who does focus on this market. Partnering may mean making an investment in the partner company and becoming a minority shareholder. Some items you should consider before making this investment: Can the company produce the outsourced business with its present equipment and at a …
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A recent article reported that students at Brigham Young University preferred printed course materials to electronic course materials. When students were asked if they preferred printed or digital course materials, 65% said they preferred print. When asked if they learn better from print or digital course materials, 74% reported print. When asked if they read digital files or printed them, 72% said they printed some or all of the materials. …
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In a few weeks we will publish our annual State of the Industry Report. The report describes our industryâs performance as improved but still far from âtakeoff speed,â or those consistently healthy gains that lift prices and margins. Among the key results: â˘ Sales have now increased three consecutive quarters, by an average of 2.4% per quarter, our strongest growth since 2007. â˘ At $79.4 billion sales are up 3.3%, …
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Association members can hear expert speakers, get the latest industry news, and network with their peers at get-togethers held in a dozen local areas around the nation. (Alexandria, Va., September 16, 2014)âAMSP/NAPL/NAQP members will be able to access the latest industry information and network with their peers in a convenient location as the association kicks off its fall season of regional meetings tomorrow. Printing, mailing, fulfillment, and marketing service providers …
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Pennsylvania company makes strategic expansion to serve West Coast marketsÂ after nationwide M&A search by the NAPL Business Advisory Group.Â East Rutherford, N.J. (Sept. 15, 2014)âThe National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL) has announced that The YGS Group in York, Pa., has acquired Print Management Inc. in Tukwila, Wash., effective August 8, 2014. The acquisition is a strategic expansion of The YGS Group brand to the West Coast where Print Management …
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by Bill Farquharson, NAPL Vice President Sailing itself, while detail oriented, is a simple concept. So is Time Management. There is preparation and planning and thereâs execution. What occurred to me as I was splashing through Duxbury (MA) Bay in a Marshall 15 is that my sailboat moves when the wind pushes it, but the direction is determined mostly by the tiller and the centerboard. The whole experience is a …
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Mailing and fulfillment service companies are aggressively moving upstream into printing, graphic design and data management services. Streamworks, in Arden Hills, Minnesota, jumped up the value ladder and acquired ImagewĂŤrks Marketing, a design and production boutique, also located in Arden Hills. The acquired company had itself evolved over three decades from a printing company into a âcomprehensive marketing company.â The buyer, Streamworks, also has been a work-in-progress, having been formed …
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It is a universal complaint of older, or shall we say, more mature, folks that time goes faster and faster every year. Some believe itâs just a reaction to the realization that time is limitedâunlike the sense of infinite time you had stretching before you in your teens, when your birthday begins with the number 6, 7, or 8, you are keenly aware that the time you have left is …
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Companies are advised by AMSP/NAPL/NAQP to make reservations now forÂ the industryâs premier recognition event as capacity attendance is anticipated. East Rutherford, N.J. (Sept. 4, 2014)âIndividual seats and sponsored company tables are still available for the industryâs annual AMSP/NAPL/NAQP Soderstrom Awards Dinner in Chicago on Sept. 27, but companies interested in participating are advised not to delay in making reservations as capacity attendance for the event is anticipated. This year the …
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